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Feb. 15, 1938. A. A. VAN ATT'A DOOR STRUCTURE 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 20, 1936 Gamma/w 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 A. A. VAN ATTA DOOR STRUCTURE Filed April- 20, 1956 Feb. 15,

Feb. 15, 1938. VAN ATTA 2,108,697

DOOR STRUCTURE Filed April 20, 1936 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Feb. 15, 1938 r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFHE DOOR STRUCTURE Arthur A. Van Atta, Marion, Ohio Application April 20, 1936, Serial No. 75,469

13 Claims. (Cl. 189-48) This invention relates to a door structure of connection to one of the units or sections of the the hinged adjustable type, capable of being fitdoor,

ted as a screen or other type of door, but it is u e 6 is a Vertical sect onal View of the designed primarily for use as a screen door. p

5 The object of the invention is to provide, in a u e '7 is a front elevation t e hinged Unit manner as hereinafter set forth, a hinged adf the door, justable door structure capable of being adjusted Fi u 8 s a nt elevation of the adjustable to compensate for different widths and heights unit Of the (100 of door openings. Figure 9 is a front elevation of the adjustable 10 A further object of the invention is to provide, eXtenSiOIl panel for the adjustable unit, 10 in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a door Figure 10 is a reai' elevation of the adjustable structure of the class referred to including a unit, hinge unit and. an adjustable door unit, and Figure 11 is a section on line Hll Figure l, with said units having coacting means to pro- F s 2 and 3 are r pe ively e i ns on 15 vide for the adjusting of the door unit to comes i2iZ a d 3- Figure 15 pensate for door openings of diiferent Widths and i re 4 is a fragmentary w in p p v for maintaining the door unit in its adjusted 0f e upper por ns of the units of e deer position. body disassembled,

A further object of the invention is to pro- Figure 15 is a perspective vi w of the bottom vide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a member r bottom Diete of th adjustable ni 20 door structure of the class referred to including Figi11"e 5 is Pi perspective View Of t e adj a hinge unit and a door unit and with said units able extension panel of the dj a unit, having coacting means to provide for adjusting Fi ure 17 is a section on line I1-|1 Figu the length of said units to compensate for door Figure 13 s a t n On line i3|3 Figure 3,

' openings of .difiere t heights, Figure 19 is a section on line l9--l9 Figure 8, 25

Further objects of the invention are to provid Figure 20 is an elevation of the form of reinin a manner as hereinafter t f th, d forcement employed for the ends of the adjuststructure of the hinged adjustable type which able extension P is simple in its construction and arrangement, Figure 21 s a s o n ne 2i2| F u e strong, durable, compact, quickly adjusted and and 30 detachably secured in its adjusted position, readi- Figure 22 is e section 1 e 2Z22 Figure ly installed with respect to a door opening, thor- The hinged ediustabie dour structure includes oughly eflicient in its u e and comparatively an outer or hinge unit 29 and a rear or door unit inexpensive t manufacture, 2! which is mounted for lateral shifting relative With the foregoing and other objects in view, to the inner face of, as W as being p n n ly as the invention consists of the novel construction, extended from One side of unit combination and arrangement of parts as will e un t cludes a Channel member 22 be more specifically described and as are illus- Which p s w y- The member 22 Consists trated in the accompanying drawings wherein is Of a ront 3 and a s de b upon itself to 40 shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is P de a o d 5 On t e Oute a of side 40 Figure 1 is a front elevation of the hinged adto be understood that changes, variations and The member 22 includes a side 26 which is of a modifications may be resorted to which fall withlength to terminate adjacent each end of front in the scope of the invention as claimed. The Side 2% is bent upon itself to provide a In the drawings; bead 2i. Spaced superposed hinges 28, 29, and 39,

indicated in dotted lines in Figures 1 and 7 are justable door structure, in accordance with this anchored to and extend laterally from the slde invention, in the form of a screen door structure, i of member The from? of member 22 Figure 2 is a rear 81 evation of the Strucmre intermediate its ends is formed Witha transverse slot 32. The front 23 of member 22 in proximity :30 Shown m to its lower end is formed with a transverse slot F gure 3 is a side elevation of the form of screen 33' A short channel iron 34, which opens retafnmg stnp's employefi Wardly is secured transversely of the outer face Figure h s e Side elevation f the form of of front 23 of member 22 and is formed with a screen retaining end strips emp oy d, lengthwise extending slot 35 which registers with F ure 5 s a front e t on of a panel for the slot 32. A tapered outwardly opening chan- 55 neled shaped bar 36 is secured transversely of the outer face of member 22, is of a length to extend laterally with respect to the side 26 of member 22 and constitutes an upper hanger. arranged in proximity to the upper end of member 22 and is formed at its free end terminal portion with a lengthwise extending slot 37. The bar 36 at its fixed end terminal portion has mounted therein an inwardly extending pin 38. Secured transversely of the outer face of the member 22 in proximity to its lower end is tapered outwardly opening channeled shaped bar 39 which is of a length to extend laterally from member 22, is disposed in parallelism with respect to bar 36 and constitutes a lower hanger. The bar 39 at its free end terminal portion is formed lengthwise thereof with a slot ii) and at its fixed end terminal portion has mounted therein an inwardly extending pin M. The pins 38 and 4! extend through the front 23 of the member 22 and are arranged in proximity to the edge 42 of member 22. The positioning of the ends of the side Zfi of member 22 adjacent the ends of the front 23 of member 22 provides clearances for a purpose to be referred to.

The unit 2! includes a side member 13 of angleshape cross section to provide the flanges 44, 45 disposed at right angles to each other and with the flange 44 depending below the flange Q5. The flange id is what may be termed a front flange and flange iii a rear flange. The flange 45 extends rearwardly from the inner side edge of the flange id whereby flange i is inset with respect to the outer edge 46 of flange 44. That part of flange M which depends from. the lower end of flange i5 is indicated at 41'. The upper edge of member 43 constitutes a seat. The cross sectional length of the flange M is greater than that of the flange 45. The outer end edge of flange 45 is inturned to provide a bead as indicated at 28. The unit 2! includes a rearwardly opening channel-shaped side member 49 having its front designated at 50 and its inner and outer sides indicated at 5|, 52 respectively. 7 The side 52 is bent inwardly upon itself to make it of double thickness and to form an inwardly extending flange 53. The side 5! is bent outwardly upon itself to provide a bead 54. The side 5! of the member 49 is of less length than the side 52. The upper and lower ends of the side .5! are spaced from the ends of the front 58. The side 55 of the member 49 is of less length than the flange 41 of member 53, but corresponds in length to the length of the flange 55 of member 43. The side 56 is arranged in spaced parallel relation to the flange 45 of the member 43. Seated upon the top of side 43 and also upon the top of the side 5! is a horizontally disposed rearwardly opening channel-shaped member 55 which has one end flush with the edge 46 of flange Ml. The lower flange 5 6 of member 55 is bent upon itself to provide a bead 5?. The member 55 abuts the inner face of the side 52 of member 49 and also abuts the rear face of the front 59 of member 49. The

member 55 carries a pin 58 which extends through an opening as in the upper end of the member 49. The member 55 is formed with a slot iii) disposed lengthwise thereof. The unit 2| includes a bottom plate iii which abuts the inner face of the side 52 of member i9 and also abuts the lower portion ll of the flange i l. The plate M is formedwith horizontally and vertically disposed slots 62, 63, respectively, arranged in spaced relation and disposed at right angles to each other. The plate 6! has its top formed with a rearwardly directed The bar 36 is right angularly disposed flange 64 having its free end inturned to provide a bead 65. Flange 54 has spaced openings 66. The plate %i is bent upon itself as at ill to provide a fold on the lower portion of its inner face.

The parts of the unit 28 are suitably secured together by welding or otherwise. The parts of the unit 2i are suitably secured together by welding or otherwise.

When the elements 20 and 2! are mounted in the manner as shown, the element 2| may be shifted laterally relative to the element 23 to compensate'for the different widths of door openings.

A web of reticulated material, such as screen wire is indicated at 68 and which has its upper and lower end marginal portions bent to seat upon the upper face of the flange 56 of member 55 and against the lower face of the flange 64 of plate 65. The side marginal portions of the web G8 are bent to oppose the outer and inner side faces respectively of the flange A5 and the side 5| of the member 49. Retaining strips 69 are arranged against the bent end marginal portions of the web 68 and retaining strips are positioned against the bent side marginal portions of the web 68. The strips 69 and 10, as. well as the side 51 of the flange 45 are apertured. The apertures in the strips 69, la are aligned with the apertures in the side iii of flange 45. the registering apertures and also through the bent marginal portions of the web 68 are holdfast means H which anchor the bent marginal portions of the web 63, the strips 69, "If! and the flange 45 and side 5i together or, in other words, the web 68 is anchored to the unit 2! and provides a screened door section. The web 68 constitutes a panel. 7

The lower portion of the member 49 is offset as at 12. The lower portion of the member 22 is offset as at 13.

There is associated'with the units and 2| a means or unit for increasing the length thereof when desired and the said means includes a rectangular panel or plate M having its top edge formed with a segmental extension'lB. The panel 14 intermediate its ends is formed with a slot 16 disposed lengthwise thereof. Mounted on each end of the panel 14 is a slidable end piece 11 consisting of a plate 18 having a flange 19 at its bottom bearing against and extending inwardly at right angles to the bottom edge of panel 14. One side marginal portion of the end piece is designated Bil. The top marginal portion of the end piece is designated 8|. The marginal portion 80 has its top edge arranged below the top edge of marginal portion 8|. The upper end of marginal portion 8i! has a lateral lug Bll which is bent against the inner face of portion 86; The marginal portions 89, Si are bent to oppose the rear face of plate 8. The lug Bil bears against the rear face of plate E8. The marginal portions 80, 84 overlap an end edge and a part of a top edge of panel 14. One of the end pieces is arranged in the offset portion 13 of the member 22. Extending through the slot 63 of plate 6! and the slot 1'6 of panel M is a bolt and nut connection 32 which provides for the panel 16 and an end piece T! to bodily move with the adjustable unit 21 when thelatter is shifted relatively to the hinge unit 29 to increase or decrease the width of the door to compensate for 'difierent widths of door openings. The nut'and bolt connection 82 also provides for travelling in the slot 63 when the panel 14 is lowered to increase the length of the Extending through door. When the panel 14 is lowered the end pieces H are carried therewith. The flanges 19 of the end pieces Tl, when the door is in normal position abut the lower ends of the members 22 and 49, but when the panel 14 is lowered or vertically adjusted to increase the length of the door, the flanges are spaced from the lower ends of the members 22 and 49. The panel 14 carries the end pieces therewith when the panel is lowered or vertically adjusted.

The door includes a front and a rear handle indicated 83, 84 respectively. The end 85 of handle 84 is fixed to the flange 44. One end of the handle 83 is pivotally mounted on a bolt 86 which is slidably mounted in the slots 32, 35. The other end of the handle member 83 merges as at 87, in a coupling piece 88 secured to the front face of member 49. The coupling piece is arranged below the slots 33, 35. The handle 84 has its other end merge, as at 89 in a coupling piece 88. The member 83, 84 extends at a downward inclination from bolt 86 to member 49.

The hinges which will be used in connection with the hinge unit, preferably will be of the spring controlled type.

The unit 2| when set up forms what may be termed a rectangular frame having its bottom portion of materially greater length than that of its top portion. The width of the side portions of unit M is materially less than the length of the bottom portion thereof.

In lieu of using the reticulated web 68 to close the frame-like adjustable unit 2|, the unit may be closed by a panel consisting of a frame carrying a foraminous, transparent or translucent member and such panel is shown by way of example as a reticulated one, Figures 5 and 6. The panel is generally indicated at 9! and it includes a rectangular frame 82 closed by a strip of screen cloth 93. The panel 8! is to be positioned to oppose the flanges 45, 4'5, 64 and side 5!. The panel 9| is to be suitably secured to the adjustable unit 2 I.

The hinges 28, 29, 38 have their outer leaves anchored against a wall, formed with a door opening, at spaced points of that portion of said wall bordering one side of said opening. I

The unit 28 is termed a hinged outer unit. The unit 2! is termed a bodily adjustable inner unit. The plate 14 and the end pieces mounted thereon constitute what is termed a lower extension unit.

What I claim is:

'1. An adjustable door structure comprising a bodily adjustable inner unit, an outer unit adapted to be hinged to a support having a door opening and including superposed means for extensionacross the door opening in spaced relation to the support, said inner unit arranged rearwardly of the outer unit for closing the door opening, said units having oppositely disposed spaced coacting means to permit the bodily adjusting of the inner unit relative to the outer unit and for detachably securing the inner unit in its adjusted position against the rear of the outer unit.

2. An adjustable door structure comprising a bodily adjustable inner unit, an outer unit adapted to be hinged to a support having a door opening and including superposed means for extension across the door opening in spaced relation in respect to the support, said inner unit arranged rearwardly of the outer unit for closing the door opening, said units having oppositely disposed spaced coacting means to permit the bodily, adjusting of the inner unit relative to the outer unit and for detachably securing the inner unit in its adjusted position against the rear of the outer unit, and front and rear handle means extending across the front and rear of the inner unit, said handle means being slidably connected at one end to one of said units and attached at its other end to the front and rear of the other of said units.

3. An adjustable door structure comprising a bodily adjustable inner unit, an outer unit adapted to be hinged to a support having a door opening and including superposed means for extension across the door opening in spaced relation to the support, said inner unit arranged rearwardly of the outer unit for closing the door opening, said units having oppositely disposed spaced coacting means to permit the bodily adjusting of the inner unit relative to the outer unit and for detachably securing the inner unit in its adjusted position against the rear of the outer unit, and a unit corresponding in width to that of the inner unit for adjusting the length of and slidably mounted in the lower ends of the outer and inner units, the length adjusting and inner units having coacting means to provide for the former moving with the inner unit when the latter is laterally adjusted, said length adjusting and inner units having coacting means to permit of the extension of the length adjusting unit from the lower ends of the outer and inner units and for detachably securing the length adjusting unit in its extended position.

4. In an adjustable door structure, a hinged unit, a bodily adjustable unit for adjusting the width of the door structure positioned against one face of and substantially of the same height as the hinged unit, a lower unit for adjusting the length of the door structure arranged within the lower portion of the said other units and bodily carried with the adjustable unit, and a series of superposed means for respectively slidably suspending the adjustable unit from the hinged unit, for connecting the lower unit to the adjustable unit and for detachably securing the adjustable and lower units in adjusted position.

5. In an adjustable door structure, a hinged unit, a bodily adjustable unit for adjusting the width of the door structure positioned against one face of and substantially of the same height as the hinged unit, a lower unit for adjusting the length of the door structure arranged within the lower portion of the said other units, means for slidably suspending the adjustable unit from the hinged unit, for connecting the lower unit to the adjustable unit and for detachably securing the adjustable and lower units in adjusted position, and handle means for said structure slidably connected at one end to said hinged unit and attached at its other end to said bodily adjustable section.

6. An adjustable hinged door structure comprising a bodily adjustable inner and an outer unit substantially the same height, said outer unit including spaced hinged means, each having a leaf adapted to be anchored to a side wall forming means of a door opening, said hinged unit including upper and lower hangers disposed transversely of the front face of the inner unit, and said units having spaced coacting superposed means adjacent each side thereof and coacting with said hangers to provide for the bodily adjusting laterally of the inner unit relative to the outer unit and for detachably securing the inner unit in its adjusted position,

7. An adjustable hinged door structure cornprising a bodily adjustable inner and a hinged outer unit substantially the same height, said outer unit including spaced hinged means, each having a leaf adapted to be anchored to a side wall forming means of a door opening, said hinged unit including upper and lower hangers disposed transversely of the front face of the inner unit, said units having spaced coacting superposed means adjacent each side thereof and coacting with said hangers to provide for the bodily adjusting laterally of'the inner unit relative to the outer unit and for detachably securing the inner unit in its adjusted position, and adjustable means I slidably engaging in said units, slidably connected to said inner unit and extendible from said units for increasing the length of said units.

8. In a hinged adjustable door structure, front and rear units arranged in facewise opposed relation, said front unit including superposed hinge means having leaves extended from one side thereof for securing to a support to connect said front unit to the latter, the said front unit having inwardly extending means at the said side thereof for spacing it from the support, the inner one of said units being of rectangular contour and having one side thereof permanently opposing the said inwardly extending means, said units having superposed spaced aligning oppositely disposed means to provide respectively for slidably connecting the said inner unit against and throughout the inner face of the front unit, for laterally adjusting the inner unit relative to the: front unit and for detachably anchoring the inner unit to the front unit.

9. In a hinged adjustable door structure, front and rear units arranged in facewise opposed relation, said front unit including superposed hinge means having leaves extended from one side thereof for securing to a support to connect the front unit to the latter, the said front unit having inwardly extending means at the said side thereof for spacing it from the support, the inner one of said units being of rectangular contour and having one side thereof permanently opposing the said inwardly'extending means, said units having superposed spaced aligning oppositely disposed means to provide respectively for slidably con-- necting the said inner unit against and throughout the inner face of the front unit, for laterally adjusting the inner unit relative to the front units and for detachably anchoring the inner unit to the front unit, and a lengthwise extension unitcommon to the lower portions of, and slidably engaging in the said other units, said extension and rear units having coacting means for slidably connecting and detachably anchoring the extension unit to the rear unit.

10. In an adjustable door structure, a laterally adjustable rectangular inner unit, an outer unit opposing the front face of the inner unit andhaving means for hinging one side thereof to a support, said units having spaced laterally aligned superposed oppositely disposed coacting means to permit the bodily adjusting laterally of the inner unit relative to the outer unit to vary the width of the door structure and for detachably securing the inner unit in its adjusted position, an extension unit at the lower portions of the said other units and capable of being shifted laterally relative to the outer unit and vertically relative to the outer and inner units to vary the length, while maintaining the width, of the door structure, said inner and extension units having coacting means to provide for the shifting laterally of the extension unit in unison with the inner unit, and said extension and inner units having coacting means to permit the extension unit being vertically adjusted relative to the lower ends of the outer and inner units and for detachably securing the extension unit in its vertically adjusted position.

11. In an adjustable door structure, a laterally adjustable rectangular inner unit, an outer unit opposing the front face of the inner unit and having means for hinging one side thereof to a support, said units having aligned superposed oppositely disposed co-acting means to permit the bodily adjusting laterally of the inner unit relative to the outer unit to vary the width of the door structure and for detachably securing the inner unit in its adjusted position, front and rear handle means, said rear handle means disposed across the rear face of and having its end terminal portions fixed to the sides of said inner unit, and the front handle means disposed across the front of the outer and rear units and having one end terminal portion fixed to one side of the rear unit and its other end terminal portionslidably connected to one side of the outer unit, that part of each of said handle means, other than the end terminal portions of the latter being diagonally disposed and offset relative to the outer and inner units.

12. In an adjustable door structure, an outer unit including an inwardly opening channel member having fixedly secured thereto and extending from the inner side thereof spaced bars, each formed with a slot, said member being formed with spaced openings, an inner unit of frame-like contour positioned against the rear face of the outer unit, said inner unit having spaced aligning slots adjacent one side edge thereof positioned to oppose the'inner face of and the openings in said member, said inner unit being formed with openings adjacent the other side edge thereof, said bars arranged relatively to said inner unit to have their slots oppose the outer face of one side portion of and the openings in the inner unit, releasable means extending through the openings in said member and the slots of the inner unit for connecting said units together, releasable means extending through the member having fixedly secured thereto and extending from the inner side thereof spaced bars, each formed witha slot, said member being formed with spaced openings, an inner unit of frame-like contour positioned against the rear face of the outer unit, said inner unit having spaced aligning slots adjacent one side edge thereof positioned to oppose the inner face of and the openings in said member, said inner unit being formed with openings adjacent the other side edge thereof, said bars arranged relatively to said inner unit to have their slots oppose the outer face of one side portion of and the openings in the inner unit, releasable means extending through the openings in said member and the slots of the inner unit for connecting said units together, releasable means extending through the slots of said bars and the openings of the inner unit for connecting said units together, the said releasable means and slots providing for the laterally adjusting of the inner section relative to the outer section, the said releasable means providing for anchoring the rear unit in its adjusted position, the front of said member and the said side portion having corresponding end terminal parts outset, a length adjusting unit disposed across a part of the lower portion of the inner element and extending into the said outset parts, and said inner and length adjusting units having registering slots disposed in angular relation and means extending through such slots to provide for adjusting the length adjusting unit relative to the other units, for detachably securing the length adjusting unit in adjusted position and for the length adjusting unit being carried with the inner unit on the adjusting of said inner unit.

ARTHUR A. VAN ATTA. 

